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Security Council extends mandate of security force in Afghanistan

13 September 2005
The Security Council today voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for a year from the middle of next month and called upon United Nations Member States to commit more personnel, equipment and funds so that the force can work more effectively.
Afghan woman casts her vote

Afghan election funding shortfall almost filled, UN mission reports

8 September 2005
After warning at the beginning of last month that a funding shortfall could hamper essential preparatory work for Afghanistan’s parliamentary and provincial elections on 18 September, the United Nations mission reported today that nearly all the requested $149 million was now in hand or committed.
Afghan children

7 million Afghan children to be vaccinated against polio in UN-backed campaign

1 September 2005
Some 40,000 vaccinators and monitors will fan out across Afghanistan next week in a three-day United Nations-supported campaign to immunize 7 million children under the age of five against polio.